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[[Image:Ballflower Gloucester.jpg|thumb|Newly carved ball flower ornamentation at Gloucester Cathedral.]] |
[[Image:Ballflower Gloucester.jpg|thumb|Newly carved ball flower ornamentation at Gloucester Cathedral.]] |
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[[Image:Ball-flower ornament.jpg |thumb||Forms of ball-flower ornamentation in [[Tewkesbury Abbey]]]] |
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The '''ball-flower''' is an [[architecture|architectural]] [[ornamental stone|ornament]] in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a [[flower]], which came into use in the latter part of the [[13th century|13th]], and was in great vogue in the early part of the [[14th century]]. It is generally placed in rows at equal distances in the hollow of a moulding, frequently by the sides of [[mullion]]s. The earliest known is said to be in the west part of [[Salisbury cathedral]], where it is mixed with the tooth ornament. It seems to have been used more and more frequently, till at [[Gloucester cathedral]], in the south side, it is in profusion. |
The '''ball-flower''' (also written ballflower)is an [[architecture|architectural]] [[ornamental stone|ornament]] in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a [[flower]], which came into use in the latter part of the [[13th century|13th]], and was in great vogue in the early part of the [[14th century]]. It is generally placed in rows at equal distances in the hollow of a moulding, frequently by the sides of [[mullion]]s. The earliest known is said to be in the west part of [[Salisbury cathedral]], where it is mixed with the tooth ornament. It seems to have been used more and more frequently, till at [[Gloucester cathedral]], in the south side, it is in profusion. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 20:19, 23 August 2008
The ball-flower (also written ballflower)is an architectural ornament in the form of a ball inserted in the cup of a flower, which came into use in the latter part of the 13th, and was in great vogue in the early part of the 14th century. It is generally placed in rows at equal distances in the hollow of a moulding, frequently by the sides of mullions. The earliest known is said to be in the west part of Salisbury cathedral, where it is mixed with the tooth ornament. It seems to have been used more and more frequently, till at Gloucester cathedral, in the south side, it is in profusion.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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